Mthokozisi Shezi is a left-handed seam and swing bowler who learned his art as a cricketer at Glenwood High School from which he graduated to the KwaZulu Inland Schools in 2004 and the South African u.19 team in 2006. He represented the SA u.19-team at the World Cup in 2006.His first-class debut for KwaZulu-Natal came in 2006/2007.Shezi produced his best first-class bowling performance for the Dolphins in 2009/2010 against the Lions in Durban by taking seven for 45.Shezi’s anus mirabilis was 2014, as he produced several match-winning or match-altering performances. In February 2014, he took two for 18 in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge final for the Sunfoil Dolphins against the Nashua Cape Cobras, a performance which set up a 2-run win for the visitors at Newlands to earn them a spot amongst the global elite at the Champions League Twenty20 in India.Shezi moved to the Nashua Cape Cobras in the winter of 2014 and worked meticulously on improving his bowling skills under the watchful guidance of Charl Langeveldt.His improvement was sudden and dramatic, as Shezi captured 11 wickets at an average of 15.09 in the quadrangular series for one-day teams involving South Africa A in Darwin in the South African off-season.He topped the bowling averages for South Africa A. Shezi produced a match-winning six for 42 against the National Performance Squad.A feature of his bowling is his crafty change of pace and his ability to nip the ball away from or into the right-hander. Three slower-ball varieties have made it difficult for batsmen to drive confidently on the up.His death-bowling skills have also evolved markedly.In his One Day International debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe, Shezi showed how his change of pace could be utilize to undermine the scoring abilities of the opposition. He finished with an economical one for eight in six overs.Shezi also featured for the Cobras in the successful Ram Slam T20 Challenge and was a factor in ensuring that they win the title in front of a packed Newlands crowd on Friday 12th December.The 27-year old left-arm seam bowler took eight wickets in the competition, with a best of three for 23.Determined and crafty, Shezi could press for a consistent place in the South African One Day International team soon